Top 10 Fun Facts About Yoga

Here are some fun facts about yoga.

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The Top Ten

1 There are more than 100 styles of yoga

2 They say it is helping having better sex

3 Yoga can work every muscle in your body

4 “Yoga is not a religion. It is a science, science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind and soul” – Amit Ray

5 The word ‘yoga’ comes from the Sanskrit language and literally means ‘union’

6 Yoga is one of the oldest physical disciplines in the world

7 Yoga is over 5,000 years old

8 Research has shown that practicing yoga can delay aging

9 72% of yoga practitioners are women

10 36 million people in the US regularly practice yoga